Costa Rica saw a surge in bio-fuel cooperative projects to reduce and potentially replace petroleum fuel. In particular a project based on the jatropha plant has shown that oil from the seed can be converted to diesel with high yields and low production costs. (The Costa Rica News, 10/19/10)

Mexico:

The Mexico City government’s bike rental program, Ecobici, modeled after European cities to reduce car use, faces problems as “roads are still being built and some cycle paths are already impassable.” (Radio Netherlands Worldwide, 10/19/10) Even though Martha Delgado, Secretary of the Environment for Mexico City, was praised for her work on the Ecobici project, she received severe criticism from PRI and PAN deputies after presenting the administration’s fourth year progress report to the Legislative Assembly. (La Crónica de Hoy, 10/21/10)